Automatic color card forming machine



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Application February 20, 1933, Serial No. 657,547

6 Claims.

This invention relates to automatic color card forming machines.

The principal object is to produce a machine wherein a plurality of colors may be simultaneously placed upon cards for the purpose of displaying sample paints and the like.

A. further object is to produce a device of this character which is simple in'construction and economical to manufacture.

A further object is to produce a device wherein the parts may be readily removed and cleaned.

A further object is to produce a device wherein the paint being used is enclosed and therefore protected from dirt and excessive drying.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. I is a top plan view of our machine, I Fig. II is a cross sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. I,

Fig. III is a fragmentary view of a color card such as would be formed by our machine,

Fig. IV is a perspective view on a reduced scale, of one of the color holding units,

Fig. V is a fragmentary view showing the manner of adjusting one of the wipers,

Fig. VI is a perspective view of one of the wipers,

Fig. VII is a fragmentary perspective view of the actuating shaft,

Fig. VIII is a fragmentary detail view showing the manner in which the color is wiped over the paper when the wipers move in one direction,

Fig. IX is a view similar to Fig. VIII, showing the action of the wipers when the device moves in the opposite direction,

Fig. X is a diagrammatic View showing our apparatus applied to a color card having two sets of colors, and

Fig. XI is a diagrammatic view illustrating our machine applied to a color card having three columns.

Our apparatus is designed for'the purpose of automatically placing upon color cards a plurality of color specimens illustrating paint, calcimine and the like being sold by a manufacturer. Heretofore these color cards have been manufactured by pasting upon the cards, what is known in the trade as chips, which is an unsatisfactory method, for the reason that chips become destroyed, lost, cracked and at the same time this method is a very expensive one due to the labor involved. Applicants have, therefore,

produced a machine which accomplishes the result desired in a simple manner, and at a minimum cost to the man purchasing the color cards.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of our invention, the numeral 5 designates a base upon which is movably mounted a magnet 6. The vertical movement of this magnet is guided by pins 7. Cams 8 actuated by a system of levers 9 is connected to an arm 11' which is in turn connected to a shaft 12 having a hand lever 13 secured thereto. This hand lever has a link 14 which enters a switch box 16. Mounted above the magnet 6 is a shaft 17 which is carried in bearings 18 and 19. These bearings have removable caps as will be seen in Fig. I. The shaft 17 carries a gear 21 which meshes with a rack 22, which rack is connected to armatures 23 and 24, which enter solenoids 26 and 27, respectively. The shaft 17 is split so as to form slideways 28 and 29 for a major portion of its length. The solenoids 26 and 27 are mounted upon supports 31 and 32, respectively, which supports are so arranged that they will form a stop for the back of a color holding receptacle 33, which receptacle has a face plate 34, a filler plug 36 and an adjusting plug 37. Within each one of the color holding units formed by the receptacle and the cover plate is positioned a pair of wipers which are positioned at right angles to each other (see Figs. VII and V). The wiper 38 extends through the slot 28 of the shaft 17 and has an adjusting nut 39 which is adapted to abut the upper surface of the shaft when in the position of Fig. V. A spring 41 tends to hold this adjusting nut in contact with the shaft. The wiper 42 is similar to the wiper 38 with the exception that it has a reduced shank 43 which extends through the slot 29 of the shaft 17 and through the slot 46 of the wiper 37. This wiper 42 is adjusted in the same manner as the wiper 38. The manner of adjusting is through the use of a tool 47 which extends through the opening 48 normally closed by the plug 37. The adjustment is such that neither of the wipers engage the paper to be coated, which paper is shown at A in Figs. V, VIII and IX. There are a plurality of these receptacles and their covers together with their wipers mounted upon the shaft 17 and held in proper alignment by set screws 49.

It is to be here noted that the color receptacles 33 are made of magnetic material so that when the current is turned onto the magnets 6, an

attraction will exist between the electro-magnets and the color holding receptacles.

The result of this construction is that, if it is desired to form a color card, and assuming that the machine has not been assembled, it is first necessary to place upon the shaft 17 a receptacle, to then slide into the slots 28 and 29, a pair of wipers so that they will assume the position of Fig. V, to then place a cover plate on the shaft and in like manner to place upon the shaft a plurality of color holding units together with their wipers. It will here be noted that each one of these receptacles has an opening 13 formed in the lowest point of its periphery, which opening may be of any desired length. It will also be noted that the inner peripheral surface is beveled adjacent the opening. After these units have been assembled upon the shaft. the lever 13 is moved toward the left of the drawings which will cause the magnet 6 to move upwardly into close proximity with the units. At the same time as current is applied to the magnet all of the receptacles being of magnetic material will be drawn into intimate contact with the magnet and as the surfaces between the magnet and the receptacle have been previously ground to fit each other it will be evident that all of the receptacles will be properly lined up on the shaft 1'7, it being understood that the shaft has a loose fit with respect to the openings in the receptacles through which it passes. While the magnet is still energized the set screws i9 are tightened with the result that all the receptacles are now held in proper alignment. The handle 13 is' now released and returned to its normal position with the result that the magnet 6 is dropped. Now, paint is inserted through the filler plugs 36, which paint will assume the position 0 of Fig. II.

The device is now ready for use. A color card, such as shown in Fig. II, is inserted to the position of Figs. VIII and IX, the lever 13 is moved toward the left, the cams 8 will move the magnet 6 upwardly to initially hold the paper or card between the magnet and the receptacle. The current will be applied to the magnet through the closing of a contact, thus forcing the paper into intimate contact with the bottom of the receptacle and leaving exposed only that portion of the paper underlying the openings B of each of the receptacles. Further movement of the lever 13 will cause current to be applied first to the solenoid 27, thus rotating the shaft 1? in a counterclockwise direction. This will cause the wiper 42 to pass from the full line position of Fig. II through 180 of arc to the dotted line position of this figure, and consequently the paint C will be moved from the position it occupied into the dotted line position, and during this transfer of paint from one position to the other, the action of Fig. VIII will take place.

Returning the lever 13 to the position of Fig. II will release the current from the magnet and solenoid and will cause the magnet to drop and release the color card with the colors deposited thereon. When the next card is inserted in the machine the action will be identical with the exception that in operating the lever 13 toward the right the solenoid 26 will be energized and the wiper 38 will move from its dotted line position of Fig. II back to its full line position, thus it will be seen that we have produced a machine which will accomplish all the objects above set forth and one wherein a color material may be deposited upon a color card of any desired thickness and in an expeditious manner.

In Fig. X we have diagrammatically shown a possible arrangement wherein two machines may be placed side by side, spaced a sufficient distance to produce two columns of the colors upon the card at the same time, and in Fig. XI we have shown diagrammatically the possible arrangement of three of our machines in staggered relation, thereby permitting the forming of color cards having three columns thereon.

It is to be understood that the form of our invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:-

1. An automatic color card forming apparatus, embodying in its construction a plurality of color retaining cylindrical receptacles supported in axial alignment, each of said receptacles having an opening therein for exposing a definite area of a card positioned beneath said receptacle, and a wiper positioned in each of said receptacles for transferring the color therefrom to the exposed area of the card.

2. An automatic color card forming apparatus, f

embodying in its construction a plurality of varied color retaining cylindrical receptacles supported in axial alignment, each of said receptacles having an opening therein for exposing a definite v area or" a card positioned beneath said receptacle, and a wiper positioned in each of said receptacles for transferring the respective color therefrom to the exposed area of the card.

3. An automatic color card forming apparatus, embodying in its construction a plurality of varied color retaining cylindrical receptacles supported in axial alignment, each of said receptacles having an opening therein for exposing a definite area of a card positioned beneath said receptacle, and a wiper positioned in each of said receptacles for transferring the respective color therefrom to the exposed area of the card, and means for adjusting said wipers whereby the transferred coating will have a definite thickness.

4. An automatic color card forming apparatus,

embodying in its construction a plurality of color retaining cylindrical receptacles supported in axial alignment, each of said receptacles having an opening therein for exposing a definite area of a card positioned beneath said receptacle, a g

pair of wipers positioned in each of said receptacles, said wipers being angularly disposed with relation to each other, means for reciprocating said wipers whereby said wipers will transfer a color from said receptacle to said exposed area of the card at each reciprocation of said wipers.

5. An automatic color card forming apparatus,

embodying in its construction a plurality of color 1 retaining cylindrical receptacles supported in axial alignment, each or" said receptacles having an opening therein for exposing a definite area of a card positioned beneath said receptacle, a

shaft supporting said receptacles, said shaft bewill be held between said magnet and said receptacles through the magnetic attraction between the two, and means for transferring a color from each of said receptacles through the open ings in each of said receptacles to the card positioned between said receptacles and said magnet.

HENRY SOUSA. NEIL T. JENSEN SOREN P. JENSEN. 

